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An Analysis on Access Points of Children's Materials: Using “A” Online Library Catalog and “N” Children's Database in the U. S.

  • Journal of the Korean Biblia Society for Library and Information Science
  • 2009, 20(4), pp.101-113
  • Publisher : Journal Of The Korean Biblia Society For Library And Information Science
  • Research Area : Interdisciplinary Studies > Library and Information Science

Jin Soo Chung 1

1덕성여자대학교

Accredited

ABSTRACT

This paper reports the results of the analysis on the access points of two bibliographic databases specialized in children's materials: “A" public library's online catalog and “N" children's novel database. The analysis particularly focused on the access points that lead users to discover their own needs and on the ways users search and navigate. The findings showed that the selected bibliographic systems supported many access points that were taken from the materials as well as from other relevant information sources and that browsing and navigating with hyperlinks supported the users' ‘recognition' of information through ‘interactivity' between the users and the systems, ‘information encountering,' and ‘serendipity.' The findings of this paper have implications for librarians and systems designers who want to develop user-friendly bibliographic systems that give access to children's materials.

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